Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Joint Committee On Health
Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE
Mr. Damien McCallion:
As the Deputy will know, the Estimates process starts way back and some things fall out. We do not wait for everything, no more than in the case of the interim report. We move on certain things where there is clear agreement that something will move forward. It does mix. I am hopeful that we will finish out that process in the coming weeks and that we can then be more definitive as to the additional investments for this year. In some areas, including certain parts of mental health provision, we are already clear. We have 50 new posts in CAMHS. We believe they will be funded and we are moving on them now. We are allocating them to different areas. We are not waiting for the formal process to fully conclude. However, we have to be balanced in the decisions we make until we have final full agreement on the service plan.
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